A statue of divisive former Philadelphia Mayor and Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo, which was defaced during a recent protest over George Floyd's death, was removed early Wednesday.
The city said the statue will be placed in storageuntil the city develops a plan to donate, relocate or dispose of it.
Rizzo was the police commissioner from 1968 to 1971, and mayor from 1972 to 1980. He was praised by supporters as tough on crime, but accused by critics of being racist. He died in 1991.Over the weekend, crowds tried to bring it down and set it on fire amid the protests over George Floyd's death last week in Minneapolis police custody.On Wednesday morning, he said demonstrations against police brutality accelerated plans for the removal.
"It seemed to be the kind of focal point of all protest, so on many different levels, we needed to have it move on," Kenney said. Kenney said that while some people think of Rizzo as a hero, many others who lived in the city while he was in office see him differently. The mayor said he did not think that the statue was appropriate and that he believes"it was kind of foisted on the city 20 years ago."
"In the course of the last week, it was clear that we needed to show a symbolic effort to tell people we're moving on and we're going to do better," Kenney said.
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